Milk urea concentration as affected by complete diet feeding and protein balance in the rumen of dairy cattle

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 85, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 263-273

  Geerts, N E ^a   De Brabander, D L ^a   Vanacker, J M ^a   De Boever, J L ^a   Botterman, S M ^a  

^a Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek Gent CLO / Centre de Recherches Agronomiques Gand   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Feeding strategy; Milk urea concentration; OEB level

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 1642445524     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(03)00126-X     Document Type: Article

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